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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The toilet seems to be very good at actually holding a conversation that it's even smart enough to feel repulsion towards Tina's fantasy.
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* RunningGag: Though only a BrickJoke in the episode proper, this episode sets up the series-wide joke that Teddy thinks Bob's name is Bob Burger.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** Though only a BrickJoke in the episode proper, this episode sets up the series-wide joke that Teddy thinks Bob's name is BobBurger.Burger.
** This is also the first episode where Linda tells the kids to stay out of her room before she leaves them alone in the apartment.
** Though only a BrickJoke in the episode proper, this episode sets up the series-wide joke that Teddy thinks Bob's name is Bob
** This is also the first episode where Linda tells the kids to stay out of her room before she leaves them alone in the apartment.
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* AbusiveParent: A mother tells Bob her son is an idiot ''within earshot of him''.
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-->'''Linda''': He said his name was Max Flush!
-->'''Louise''': And you believed him?
-->'''Louise''': And you believed him?
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* LudicrousPrecision: The toilet knows 1,100,005 jokes.
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* SilverFox: Downplayed; Bob isn't ''that'' old (44 at the time of this episode), but he's old''er'' and balding. But apparently all he needs to be hit on by a trio of mid-20's women is a nice outfit.
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* SilverFox: Downplayed; Bob isn't ''that'' old (44 at the time of this episode), but he's old''er'' and balding. But apparently all he needs to be hit on by a trio of mid-20's mid-20s women is a nice outfit.
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* FancyToiletAwe: This episode focuses on the saga of a fancy Japanese-style talking toilet that Gene discovers in the woods as well as the great lengths he takes to have it avoid being stolen by a toilet thief. Ultimately the talking toilet is returned to its rightful owner on Kings Head Island, to Gene's great sadness.
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*AccidentalMisnaming: Teddy genuinely thinks Bob's name is Bob Burger.
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*RunningGag: Though only a BrickJoke in the episode proper, this episode sets up the series-wide joke that Teddy thinks Bob's name is Bob Burger.
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* BigNo: Gene lets out two - once when he falls on the road with the toilet and thinks Max Flush arrived in a car to steal it, and again at the coffee restaurant when the toilet's battery dies.
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When Bob and Linda realize that Max Flush is really a thief, Louise asks if they seriously were fooled by the name "Max Flush". They hastily try to claim otherwise.
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When Bob and Linda realize that Max Flush is really a thief, thief (whose real name is Tim Jones), Louise asks if they seriously were fooled by the name "Max Flush". They hastily try to claim otherwise.
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-->'''Linda''': He said his name was Max Flush!
-->'''Louise''': And you believed him?
-->'''Louise''': And you believed him?
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!!O.T.: The Outside Tropes:
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* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having Ollie Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put it lightly.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put it lightly.
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* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having Ollie Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead King's Head Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put itlightly.lightly, to the point that Frond fails him within a ''minute''.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put it
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: One of ''Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial'' in case you somehow couldn't tell.
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* ToiletHumor: Perhaps a literal example; this episode has Gene befriend a talking toilet in a homage to ''E.T. the Extraterrestrial''.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get so plastered that they actually forget to order dinner at the restaurant.
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*ActuallyPrettyFunny: Bob chuckles a little when Teddy reveals he thinks Bob's surname is "Burger".
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get so plastered that they actually forget to order dinner at therestaurant.restaurant.
*BlatantLies: Gene claims he can save his second flour baby as it "bleeds out" in his arms.
* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get so plastered that they actually forget to order dinner at the
*BlatantLies: Gene claims he can save his second flour baby as it "bleeds out" in his arms.
*TheCameo: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E9SpaghettiWesternAndMeatballs Colleen Caviello]] passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
*ChickMagnet: While dressed in Mort's suit, Bob gets hit on by quite a few people.
*ChickMagnet: While dressed in Mort's suit, Bob gets hit on by quite a few people.
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* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having Andy Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
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*CompanionCube: What were you expecting from an episode about a boy bonding with a toilet?
* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by havingAndy Ollie Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having
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* EpicFail: Gene didn't even have his flour sack baby for a full minute before he dropped it. He then proceeded to drop the replacement, ''and'' he tripped and destroyed the one he stole.
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* EpicFail: Gene EpicFail:
**Gene didn't even have his flour sack baby for a full minute before he dropped it. He then proceeded to drop the replacement, ''and'' he tripped and destroyed the one hestole.stole.
**Bob contesting his parking ticket would have been this because of his shoddy defense... but then the judge notices his suit and immediately drops all charges.
**Gene didn't even have his flour sack baby for a full minute before he dropped it. He then proceeded to drop the replacement, ''and'' he tripped and destroyed the one he
**Bob contesting his parking ticket would have been this because of his shoddy defense... but then the judge notices his suit and immediately drops all charges.
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* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Frond is handing out flour sack babies, the chalkboard behind him reads:
--->CHILD REARING
--->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
--->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
** When Frond is handing out flour sack babies, the chalkboard behind him reads:
--->CHILD REARING
--->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
--->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
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* FreezeFrameBonus:
**FreezeFrameBonus: When Frond is handing out flour sack babies, the chalkboard behind him reads:
--->CHILD -->CHILD REARING
--->DO: -->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
--->DON'T: -->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.tub
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** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
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* SharpDressedMan: Bob's new suit brings him a lot of good fortune. It allows him to successfully contest his parking ticket, it nets his restaurant a decent amount of business, and it causes him to get hit on by a trio of young women. Outside the courthouse, it also causes a young boy to ask if he can marry his mother.
* ShoutOut: Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices the toilet.
* ShoutOut: Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices the toilet.
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* SharpDressedMan: Bob's new suit brings him a lot of good fortune. It allows him causes the judge to successfully contest immediately waive his parking ticket, tickets even though his defense is shoddy, it nets his restaurant a decent amount of business, and it causes him to get hit on by a trio of young women. Outside the courthouse, it also causes a young boy to ask if he can marry his mother.
*ShoutOut: Louise ShoutOut:
**The Store Next Door is "[[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind & Tires]]".
**Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices thetoilet.toilet.
*SilverFox: Downplayed; Bob isn't ''that'' old (44 at the time of this episode), but he's old''er'' and balding. But apparently all he needs to be hit on by a trio of mid-20's women is a nice outfit.
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**The Store Next Door is "[[Music/EarthWindAndFire Earth, Wind & Tires]]".
**Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices the
*SilverFox: Downplayed; Bob isn't ''that'' old (44 at the time of this episode), but he's old''er'' and balding. But apparently all he needs to be hit on by a trio of mid-20's women is a nice outfit.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Toilets SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
**Gene attempts to carry the toilet to a power source. Because it's a ''toilet'', he can't even lift it off the ground.
**Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
**Gene attempts to carry the toilet to a power source. Because it's a ''toilet'', he can't even lift it off the ground.
**Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
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*StatusQuoIsGod: Bob's new suit is reclaimed by the son of its original owner at the end of the episode.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Linda is less than pleased to see Bob getting hit on by three young women.
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* GreenEyedJealousy: Linda is less than pleased to see Bob getting hit on by three young women.
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*BrickJoke: When Max Flush introduces himself to the Belchers, Teddy tells him that Bob's name is Bob Burgers. At the end of the episode, when Bob's suit is taken by an officer whose father owned the suit, Louise tells him that Bob's name is Bob Burgers.
*GivenNameReveal: Max Flush's real name at the end of the episode is revealed to be Tim Jones.
*GreenEyedJealousy: Linda is less than pleased to see Bob getting hit on by three young women.
*GreenEyedJealousy: Linda is less than pleased to see Bob getting hit on by three young women.
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* RealityEnsues: Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
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*WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When Bob and Linda realize that Max Flush is really a thief, Louise asks if they seriously were fooled by the name "Max Flush". They hastily try to claim otherwise.
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--->'''Toilet:''' Playing artist Wings.
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--->'''Toilet:''' Playing artist Wings.Music/{{Wings}}.
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-->CHILD REARING
-->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
-->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
-->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
-->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
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* WholePlotReference: The episode is essentially ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with a talking toilet.
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* WholePlotReference: The episode is essentially ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with a talking toilet.toilet.
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* BluntNo: The kids are making the toilet say ridiculous things, but draws the line at Tina's second request.
-->'''Louise:''' Say "pupu platter."\\
'''Toilet:''' Pupu platter.\\
'''Louise:''' Say "nuclear wiener."\\
'''Toilet:''' Nuclear wiener.\\
'''Gene:''' Say "hypothalamus."\\
'''Toilet:''' Hypothalamus.\\
'''Tina''' Say "I love you, Tina."\\
'''Toilet:''' I love you, Tina.\\
'''Tina''' Say "I love you, Tina, I'm not a toilet, I'm a boy."\\
'''Toilet:''' No.\\
'''Tina:''' ''[disappointed]'' Oh...
-->'''Louise:''' Say "pupu platter."\\
'''Toilet:''' Pupu platter.\\
'''Louise:''' Say "nuclear wiener."\\
'''Toilet:''' Nuclear wiener.\\
'''Gene:''' Say "hypothalamus."\\
'''Toilet:''' Hypothalamus.\\
'''Tina''' Say "I love you, Tina."\\
'''Toilet:''' I love you, Tina.\\
'''Tina''' Say "I love you, Tina, I'm not a toilet, I'm a boy."\\
'''Toilet:''' No.\\
'''Tina:''' ''[disappointed]'' Oh...
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* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Inverted. When Louise snarks about never getting to wear a dead person's clothes, Linda says that when she dies, Louise can have all her socks. Tina is upset because she wanted those.
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After failing a class project, Gene stumbles into the woods and finds a talking toilet. However, he's soon pursued by someone looking for it. Meanwhile, Bob finds a new confidence in a suit that he's borrowing from Mort.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get so plastered that they actually forget to order dinner at the restaurant.
* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having Andy Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put it lightly.
* EpicFail: Gene didn't even have his flour sack baby for a full minute before he dropped it. He then proceeded to drop the replacement, ''and'' he tripped and destroyed the one he stole.
* EyeAmWatchingYou: Max does the gesture to Gene, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint who thinks it means he wants to switch eyeballs with him.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Frond is handing out flour sack babies, the chalkboard behind him reads:
-->CHILD REARING
-->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
-->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
* LiteralMinded:
** Teddy apparently thought that Bob's name is "Bob Burger."
** The toilet, due to its UI.
--->'''Gene:''' Activate wings!
--->'''Toilet:''' Playing artist Wings.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The police officer at the end [[ContrivedCoincidence just happens]] to be the son of the dead guy whose suit Bob was wearing, and he insists on taking it back, leaving Bob in his underwear.
* RealityEnsues: Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
* ShoutOut: Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices the toilet.
* TeenPregnancy: Zeke mentions that his mother was pregnant with him during the prom.
* TemptingFate: Gene declares he'll always defend the toilet. A second later, the battery dies.
* WholePlotReference: The episode is essentially ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with a talking toilet.
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* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get so plastered that they actually forget to order dinner at the restaurant.
* DecoyGetaway: The kids distract Max Flush by having Andy Pesto dress as Gene to serve as a decoy, tricking him into taking the ferry to Kingshead Island and buying them time to get the toilet to a place where they can recharge it.
* EggSitting: Gene's class gets assigned sacks of flour to care for. Gene doesn't do too well, to put it lightly.
* EpicFail: Gene didn't even have his flour sack baby for a full minute before he dropped it. He then proceeded to drop the replacement, ''and'' he tripped and destroyed the one he stole.
* EyeAmWatchingYou: Max does the gesture to Gene, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint who thinks it means he wants to switch eyeballs with him.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Frond is handing out flour sack babies, the chalkboard behind him reads:
-->CHILD REARING
-->DO: Hug, love, carry, read to, rock to sleep, care
-->DON'T: Leave baby in rain, make into cake, wash, toss, shake, show them music videos, smoke, sit on, prank phone calls, re-sell, give to stranger, kabuki theater, take in hot tub
** Colleen Caviello passes by outside Beville's at the start of Bob & Linda's date night.
* LiteralMinded:
** Teddy apparently thought that Bob's name is "Bob Burger."
** The toilet, due to its UI.
--->'''Gene:''' Activate wings!
--->'''Toilet:''' Playing artist Wings.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The police officer at the end [[ContrivedCoincidence just happens]] to be the son of the dead guy whose suit Bob was wearing, and he insists on taking it back, leaving Bob in his underwear.
* RealityEnsues: Toilets really can't fly, Gene.
* ShoutOut: Louise calls Bob [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]] when he's wearing a suit. Also counts as an ActorAllusion to Creator/JonHamm, who voices the toilet.
* TeenPregnancy: Zeke mentions that his mother was pregnant with him during the prom.
* TemptingFate: Gene declares he'll always defend the toilet. A second later, the battery dies.
* WholePlotReference: The episode is essentially ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' with a talking toilet.
